Ujjain: The city sizzled as mercury hovered above 43 degrees Celsius. Tuesday was the hottest day of the season at 43.8 degrees Celsius, while on Wednesday the highest temperature recorded was 43.5 degree Celsius.

Ujjain: Collector Manish Singh and mayor Meena Jonwal inspected the construction work of a new swimming pool behind the administrative building of Ujjain Municipal Corporation (UMC) office, on Tuesday. The collector took stock of the project and budget allotted for it, suggesting customisation of priorities.

Ujjain: A one-day workshop on conservation and promotion of local forest species was jointly organised by the MP Biodiversity Board at the Simhastha Fair office to mark the occasion of International Biodiversity Day, on Tuesday. During the programme, chief forest conservator (research and extension), Khandwa circle, Anil Nagar gave a power point presentation on biodiversity, human welfare and rare species found in the Malwa and Nimarh regions.

Ujjain: Members of Samvad Kranti Yatra on Monday visited Vikram University and other government colleges of Ujjain division and held a conversation with faculties and students over corruption in the higher education system.

Ujjain: Bus operators in Ujjain division went on a strike on Monday demanding a 40 per cent rise in bus fares owing to sharp hike in prices of fuel, while the Government restricted the rise in fares to just 10 per cent. The strike crippled bus services across Ujjain and neighbouring places, with over 450 buses going off the roads.

Ujjain: A memorandum was handed over to Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee (MTMC) assistant administrator Dilip Garud on Monday, by some local social workers objecting to the carving style on stones being used in the new construction.

Ujjain: Sanskar camp, organised by Jain community, concluded here on Sunday. They also took out a rath yatra of Chandraprabhu Swami and Ahimsa rally. According to general secretary of the organising committee Jambu Jain Dhawal, the rath yatra started from Simandhar Digambar Jain temple located in Kshirsagar area reached to Mahaveer temple located at Chimanganj Mandi area.

Ujjain: In connection with ‘Chief Minister Mazdoor Kalyan (Sambal) Yojana’ to be organised here on May 27 in the presence of CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Divisional Commissioner MB Ojha and Collector Manish Singh held a meeting of officials at the Commissioner’s bungalow, here on Sunday. The Commissioner instructed the Collector to take necessary steps to host the programme in a grand manner. By allotting different works to the officials, better arrangements can

Ujjain: Local Sindhi community has banned video and photo shoots of pre-wedding, which boys and girls make before their marriages on outer locations and display during the reception programmes. The community will impose penalties on both the parties if they found violating the ban.

Ujjain: Congress party workers took to the streets on Friday evening in protest against the continuous rise in prices of petrol and diesel. A funeral procession of vehicles was held in which slogans were raised against the hike in petroleum products, effected by the BJP government. They warned that if the Modi Government did not stop inflation, bigger demonstrations would be held in the coming days.

Ujjain: Fire reportedly spread in a house in Udyan Marg at Wagheshwari Colony near Wagheshwari Mata Temple on Friday morning, destroying everything in the house. The charred body of a woman was also found in the house. The cause of fire eruption is still not clear.

Ujjain: An Ujjain Municipal Corporation woman sub engineer was reportedly threatened and forced by an architect over obtaining clearance for a building layout. Sub engineer Soumya Chaturvedi posted in the town planning branch in zone number 1, was allegedly threatened by architect Khalid Qureshi over granting clearance for a layout of a building.

Ujjain: Dozens of Congress workers staged a demonstration here on Thursday in protest against the Kanataka Governor’s decision to invite BJP to form a government in the state. Youth Congress State general secretary Ajit Borasi slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for forming a government in Karnataka.

Ujjain: The Kinkini Kirtan National Nrityotsav organised by Pratibha Sangeet Kala Sansthan, concluded on Wednesday at the Kalidas Academy. The programme was a competition based on Kathak and semi-classical dances, in which artists from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Khairagarh, Haridwar, Nagpur and other cities of the country participated. Noted dancer Dr Shashi Sankhla was honoured with the Pt Kundanlal Gangani memorial Kathak nritya alankaran-2018 during the programme.

Ujjain: Divisional commissioner MB Ojha held a meeting in view of the preparatory work for the Kshipra purification campaign on Thursday. An emotional Ojha, stated that no stone would be left unturned to purify the river fully. “Not a drop of dirty water will be allowed to contaminate the holy river and no one will be allowed to make the water muddy”, he said.

Ujjain: The inauguration of the new women’s ITI building as well as boys’ hostel of the ITI (industrial training institute) was done by minister of home and transport Bhupendra Singh, on Wednesday. The boys’ hostel has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1.17 crore and the construction of women’s ITI building at Rs 4 crore.